Serum homocysteine and folate concentrations are associated with prevalent age-related hearing loss

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1469-1474

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a,b   Flood, Victoria M ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   McMahon, Catherine M ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HEARing Co operative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESBYACUSIS; AGING; BLOOD; HEARING LOSS; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 77955283203     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.122010     Document Type: Article

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